HipHopDX Interviews
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Producer's Corner: Jerry "Wonda" Duplessis
Interviewsposted 8 months ago
Meet the man who co-produced a classic album in The Fugees' "The Score" in a basement, and his thoughts on a reunion, as well as making hits for Justin Bieber, Carlos Santana and Canibus.
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Prodigy Talks New Mobb Deep Album, The Illuminati, Working With Nas, & 50 Cent
Interviewsposted 8 months ago
P says that he was talking about conspiracies dating back to the 1996, why he and Havoc have managed to never have a public falling out, and why he's not tripping who gave Jay-Z the Summer Jam flick.
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Blueprint: Older & Smarter, Me At My Best
Interviewsposted 9 months ago
Printmatic explains how he was developing his Electronic, singing-accentuated sound years before Drake or Kid Cudi, and why stopping drinking has made him a better, more-focused artist.
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Bumpy Knuckles: The Gatekeeper & Tha Teacha
Interviewsposted 9 months ago
Two New York Hip Hop legends have released a long-awaited collaborative album this week, Freddie Foxxx tells DX about KRS literally killing microphones, and how global tragedies affected this LP.
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Camp Lo & Pete Rock: Time Machine
Interviewsposted 9 months ago
Two legendary New York outfits speak about their 1970s Bronx-influenced collaborative album, the state of Hip Hop and giving the youngin's a whole lot of game.
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Producer's Corner: JR Rotem
Interviewsposted 9 months ago
He came into Hip Hop with hits for Game, 50 Cent and Rick Ross. Now, a respected Pop producer, JR Rotem speaks about his views on Hip Hop today, and why Game is his all-time favorite collaborator.
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Nicki Minaj: Anxious to Work on Pink Friday Follow-Up, Talks Lil Wayne, a World Tour, and Her David Guetta Collab
Interviewsposted 9 months ago
As Nicki Minaj has bid farewell to spit-talking in stairways and moved onto brighter pastures, she exclusively talks to DX about sacrificing her privacy in exchange for creative freedom and role model making fame.
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How Sway & King Tech's "This Or That" Introduced Eminem, Tech N9ne & Crooked I
Interviewsposted 10 months ago
Legendary radio host, interviewer, producer and Hip Hopper King Tech takes HipHopDX back to 1999 and looks at what just might be Rap's greatest compilation album.
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The Lonely Island: Talking Kanye West & Nicki Minaj While Rocking Turtlenecks & Chains
Interviewsposted 10 months ago
In anticipation of their second album Turtleneck and Chain, comedy crew The Lonely Island talk to DX about what inspires them to make some of Hip Hop's funniest rhymes.
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DJ Quik: Against All Odds
Interviewsposted 10 months ago
The legendary producer/rapper does the unthinkable for any artist: tells a media outlet the actual truth about radio deejays, Suge Knight, and even himself.
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Battle Royale: Jay-Z & DMX's 1990s Bronx Battle Revisited
Interviewsposted 10 months ago
Ski Beatz, Sauce Money, and the Ruff Ryders' co-founder Waah Dean tell some lesser known facts about the Bronx battle on a pooltable between the Roc-A-Fella honcho and Darkman X.
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Swollen Members: Come Clean
Interviewsposted 11 months ago
The veteran Vancouver trio is back to their underground Hip Hop musical roots, but Mad Child, Prevail and Rob the Viking show that they are different Battle Axe warriors than they were a decade ago.
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Brotha Lynch Hung: Flesh Of My Flesh
Interviewsposted 11 months ago
The Sacramento O.G. is back to talk about his new album, helping Gangsta Rap get more creative, his relationship with X-Raided, and being a cold lyrical legend.
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Rap, Ink: Hip Hop's First National Emcee With A Tattoo Parlor
Interviewsposted 11 months ago
Emcee and tattoo parlor owner Isaiah Toothtaker speaks about putting ink on Rapper Big Pooh, Murs, Jean Grae and others, and how this Hell's Angels affiliate feels about co-opting gang culture.
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Phonte, 9th Wonder & Peter Rosenberg: The Brotherhood
Interviewsposted 11 months ago
In their first interview together in years, Little Brother's Phonte and 9th Wonder talk about their reconciliation, their new catalog moment with Lil B, and Peter Rosenberg's Noisemakers this week.
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Mack 10 & Glasses Malone: A Gangster And A Gentleman
Interviewsposted 11 months ago
Glasses Malone speaks about the excitement of his first retail project, while Mack 10 speaks about his revived Hoo-Bangin' Records, and their shared opinions of L.A.'s restored lyricism.
